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Wage theft is actually the single largest known form of theft in the USA right now[1]. >No one knows exactly how big a problem wage theft is, but in 2012 feder
by eli_gottlieb 10y ago
Wage theft is actually the single largest known form of theft in the USA right now[1].
>No one knows exactly how big a problem wage theft is, but in 2012 federal and state agencies recovered $933 million for victims of wage theft. By comparison, all the property taken in all the robberies of all types in 2012, solved or unsolved, amounted to a little under $341 million.
[1] -- http://theweek.com/articles/642568/biggest-crime-waves-america-isnt-what-think http://theweek.com/articles/642568/biggest-crime-waves-ameri...
- toomuchtodo 10y agoThanks for this! I'm interested in projects to automate the detection and reporting of wage theft.
- ci5er 10y agoI'm not sure I'd be overly eager to hang my hat on either number. Here's the FBI's stats on property crime in the US in 2012 [1], which they claim is higher than $341M. [1] https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-2012/tables/24tabledatadecoverviewpdfs/table_24_property_stolen_and_recovered_by_type_and_value_2012.xls https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2012/crime-in-the-u.s.-...
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